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BEST TIME: 27 minutes, Thundraxx (elemental shaman)



So I've been doing speed clears of Karazhan and I'm looking to get some friendly competition going. The goal is to solo clear the instance, killing EVERY BOSS (except the random animal in the basement/servant's area which technically isn't a boss) as fast as possible.

Start the timer as soon as you click open the first door inside the instance. And to keep it in the spirit of soloing, no buffs that you can't cast on yourself once you've zoned in (flasks and whatnot are fine though)

Anyone up for the challenge?

EDIT: new best time

That would be fun, but a couple questions.

Does this involve Netherspite? I believe he can't be soloed.

I haven't tried yet, so how hard is it actually to solo the Chess Event? I know, "lol chess" but I can't imagine doing it by myself.

Once I get my Feral to 85 I'll try, but I wouldn't trust any non-tank classes. Ooh, except maybe my enhance shaman. They can solo anything.

Netherspite is most definitely soloable, I'm almost certain he doesn't spawn beams if you are alone. Also, chess is actually a little hard, but hey, it gives 10 justice points!

I never tried by myself so I was not aware Netherspite did not spawn beams. Weird. Then it should be a piece of cake.

Are we talking all bosses, or did you skip the skippable ones? Netherspite, Illhoof, and Attumen are all skippable (though who wouldn't want a shot at the mount!)

he siad in the boss every boss. so everyone but the animal one. chess is easy to solo alone if you know how to change peices and not be in fire. rest of the bosses are nothing. never tried solo but i have duo'd with (useless) 70s. and if i remember right only trash pulls that are required at the ones before attuman and curator. so a stealth class could probably do this extremely fast if done properly

actually netherspite does spawn beams(i tried it last week) but you could definitely solo him as a dps class I got him to 30% before the second set of beams came up as prot

EDIT: also if you time your pull properly you can pull him outside the room before the door locks you in and the beams won't be able to reach him

The ex and I along with like one other person soloed a lot of Kara at 80... should be cake at 85.

yeah you could solo it at 80 the point isn't can you solo it at 85 it's how fast can you solo it at 85

02/03/2011 2:46 PMPosted by Braiel

yeah you could solo it at 80 the point isn't can you solo it at 85 it's how fast can you solo it at 85

Sorry, meant to quote about Netherspite.

Yes Netherspite can be solo'd and yes he still spawns the beams. You need roughly in the ballpark of 8700 dps to kill him before the second set of portals.

Chess isn't difficult per se, but it is very much the run breaker. If you've never tried to solo it before, it'll probably take you a few tries. There's a bit of a luck factor with how the enemy pieces decide to move.

I have a WoL parse from my best run as well as from this week (which was a total failure) if anyone is interested. http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/oovza2q1erae1k7c/ That shows it as 31:42, but I start the timer as soon as I open that first door inside the instance.

27 mins to clear kara, 1 shot chess. netherspite is easy stand in green beam and dps. The worst thing about kara is running to all the bosses.

Should try some other solo's, my best is Magtheridon(yes as an ele shaman) in about 12 mins. that was a fun run.

Also solo ZA, 2 man some BT up to Gurtogg. 2 man Gruuls. also managed to kill AQ40 the first few bosses by myself. mwhaah.

02/04/2011 1:33 PMPosted by Thundraxx

27 mins to clear kara

Impressive! I'm guessing you made short work of Nightbane... my best tries it still takes me over 3 minutes to kill him. That's like an eternity.

Updated the original post with new time to beat.

Nerf ghost wolf indoors, imo. =P

The ex and I along with like one other person soloed a lot of Kara at 80... should be cake at 85.

Im not so sure that's the way it works.

Netherspite did not spawn beams for me. But he didn't seem to be healing either, so who knows.

I can't solo Chess. I tried. It's a lot harder than you make it out to be.

Im not so sure that's the way it works.

You would be correct. That would not be soloing if they did it together...or else 10 of us solo'd karazhan back when it was still new.

Solod Kara on this rogue last week. Just regular mode (not sure if theres a heroic mode). For Netherspite theres actually a really easy way of dealing with him. Stand by the entrance door to his chamber and range aggro him. Make sure to get back to the stairs before the door closes on you. Run up the stairs and the dragon will follow, but will not be able to fully enter the room you are in. He will drop some circles on the ground but he's really not a threat at that point. easy DPS down and he's done.
Chess was the hardest part to solo, but it is doable (with a ton of retries).

Mobs can be easily stealthed as a druid/hunter/rogue if you just want to go after bosses. Some mobs have stealth sight but you have to get pretty close to be aggrod.

He spawns beams, but it is soloable.

Just did it with a 328 iLvl Marks Hunter.

What you do is: You lure Netherspike to one of the back windows(behind the blue beam), and turn him so your back is facing the room.

Then stand in front of the beams, and they will hit you, not him. This will make any DPS able to solo him, cause you get heals, and +50% increased dmg.... I soloed him in 1:30 min.

Quite easy.

He spawns beams, but it is soloable.

Just did it with a 328 iLvl Marks Hunter.

What you do is: You lure Netherspike to one of the back windows(behind the blue beam), and turn him so your back is facing the room.

Then stand in front of the beams, and they will hit you, not him. This will make any DPS able to solo him, cause you get heals, and +50% increased dmg.... I soloed him in 1:30 min.

Quite easy.

holy necro batman!